Isa 1:10-15, 58:1-7, Amo 5:21-24 | ESV | STEP | Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of , Sodom ! Give ear to the teaching of our God , you people of Gomorrah !

10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of ^a, ^bSodom!
Give ear to the teaching ^{▼▼Or law} of our God,
you people of ^dGomorrah!
11 ^e“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to ^fappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^gNew moon and Sabbath and the ^hcalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ⁱiniquity and ^jsolemn assembly.
14 Your ^knew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^lspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^meven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
ⁿyour hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 58:1-7

True and False Fasting

1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
^olift up your voice like a trumpet;
^pdeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 ^qYet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
3 ^r‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, ^{▼▼Or pursue your own business}
^tand oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
5 ^uIs such the fast that I choose,
^va day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
^wto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^xof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not ^zto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^aaand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Amos 5:21-24

21 ^ab“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 ^acEven though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to ^adthe melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.